Computer Engineering – Mobile Computing

Master’s Programme

The Master in Computer Engineering – Mobile Computing aims to confer a professional specialization with great emphasis on mobile computing and related technologies, allowing a series of studies to the holders of a degree in Computer Engineering, and related courses, including the possibility of expertise to professionals in the labour market.

Programme Coordinator

José Carlos Bregieiro Ribeiro
coord.mei-cm.estg@ipleiria.pt

Reference

2030

School

Technology and Management

City

Leiria

Language

English, Portuguese

Type

Morning & Afternoon

Length

4 Semesters

Vacancies

General and International Contingent: 40

Notice

Edital 2024
Edital 2024 (PT Doc)

DGES certification

Link to Registration

Objectives

Programme

The graduate students of the study cycle should be able to:

Apply the knowledge and the ability to understand and solve problems in new and unfamiliar situations, and in broad and multidisciplinary contexts;
Integrate knowledge, handle complex issues, develop solutions and make judgments in situations of limited or incomplete information;
Communicate the conclusions achieved and the knowledge acquired, both to specialists and non-specialist in the field of Mobile Computing;
Develop skills that allow a life-long learning fundamentally in a self-oriented or independent way.

Study Plan

ECTS: 120

1st Year
2nd Year

1st Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
2030301	Development for Mobile Devices	1st Semester	6	60 h
Mobile Development, Operating Systems and Devices 1.1. Contextualization and Evolutions 1.2. Future Perspectives Fundamental iOS Development Concepts 2.1. The Swift Programming Language 2.2. Xcode and Playgrounds 2.3. Debugging and Documentation User Interface, Navigation and Workflows 3.1. Views, Controls and Layouts 3.2. Segues and Controllers App Anatomy and Life Cycle 4.1. Model View Controller 4.2. Persistence 4.3. Complex Views and Input Screens Networking and the Web 5.1. Closures and Extensions 5.2. Sessions, JSON Serialization and Concurrency Building and Deploying Apps 6.1. App Personality 6.2. The Design Cycle
2030302	Interfaces for Ubiquitous Environments	1st Semester	6	60 h
Ubiquitous Computing Implicit Human-Computer Interaction User Models: Acquisition and Representation Ubiquitous Interfaces Design Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Digital Twins
2030303	Next Generation Technologies and Services	1st Semester	6	60 h
Concepts about Next Generation Networks and Services; Emergent Technologies; Internet of Things; Industry 4.0 and 5.0; Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE); Next generation services: applications, architectures and technologies; Development of Next Generation Solutions.
2030304	Cybersecurity	1st Semester	6	60 h
Security Fundamentals Challenges imposed by mobility, IoT and cloud computing Principles of network security Network threats and attacks Protecting the network Security monitoring Intrusion data analysis Incident response and handling
2030305	Management of Informatic Projects	1st Semester	6	52,5 h
1 A framework for Project Management 2 Project Lifecycle 3 Standardization of Project Management 4 Develop the Project Charter 5 Requirements and Defining the Scope of the Project 6 Quality Planning Project 7 Plan Shares the Risk Management 8 Planning the Communications for the Project 9 Planning the Procurement Project 10 Create the Project Plan 11Recruiting, Managing and Developing the Team 12 Controlling Changes 13 Managing the Procurement of Project 14 Closing the Project
2030306	Mobility in Computational Systems	2nd Semester	6	60 h
Wireless fundamentals Wireless Communication: standards and associated networks Smart Spaces and Smart Everyday Objects (IoT in the wireless perspective) The oneM2M Standard5. Smart Spaces integration and interoperability
2030307	Context-Aware Systems	2nd Semester	6	60 h
Introduction to Context Aware Systems (CAS) 1.1. Capabilities, applications, limitations, problems associated and challenges of CAS 1.2. Types of CAS Information gathering and fusion techniques suited for CAS development Knowledge representation and reasoning techniques suited for CAS development Optimization and decision aiding techniques suited for CAS development Machine learning techniques suited for CAS development Conversational agents
	Electives I	2nd Semester	6	1º Ano
2030308 – Cloud Computing a) 2030309 – Development of Games for Mobile Devices a) 2030310 – Enterprise Architectures a) 2030311 – Software Quality a) 2030312 – Offensive Security in Ubiquitous Systems a) 2030313 – Mobile Devices Forensics a) a) Choose three of six optional subjects.

2nd Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
	Elective II	Annual	60	2º Ano
2030314 – Project b) 2030315 – Dissertation b) 2030316 – Internship b) b) Choose one of three optional subjects.

Entry Requirements

People who can apply to the Master’s Degree:

Holders of an undergraduate degree or a legal equivalent in Computer Engineering, and related fields;
Holders of a foreign higher education diploma, granted after a first cycle of studies, under the principles of the Bologna Process, by a State, which has subscribed this Process, in Computer Engineering, and related fields;
Holders of a foreign higher education diploma that is recognized as meeting the objectives of an undergraduate degree by the Technical and Scientific Council of the School of Technology and Management, in Computer Engineering, and related fields;
Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized as certifying the skills to attend this cycle of studies by the Technical and Scientific Council of the School of Technology and Management.

Accreditation

State: Accredited
Number of years of accreditation: 6
Publication date: 23/01/2020
A3ES Accreditation
A3ES Self-Assessment Report

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International Student
All information related to the international student application should be consulted on our International Students webpage.

Application Fee

60€

Enrolment Fee

General contingent: 50€
International student contingent: 100€

Tuition Fee

General contingent: 697 €
International student contingent: 3000€

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How to apply

Computer Engineering – Mobile Computing

Computer Engineering – Mobile Computing

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Vacancies

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Study Plan

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